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June 27 sees the release of Sapporo based trio Nango's first vinyl LP on Transduction. "Setsuwasetsu" combines the band's two EPs - "Setsuwa" (2016) and the just-released "Wasetstu" on to one vinyl LP.

Nango are a three piece band based in Sapporo, Japan. The trio -
Toshiaki Takeda (guitar, vocals), Akane Terui (bass) and Ryutaro
Iwasaki (drums) came together in university and have firmly established
themselves as one of the leading lights of the city's burgeoning
underground scene over the past two years.

Citing influences as disparate as Zazen Boys and The Mars Volta, Nango take a free-wheeling approach to the guitar/bass/drums format, effortlessly shifting from feedback-laden punk-prog howls to intricate, psychedelia-tinged grooves, with Toshiaki Takeda's dream-like, stream of consciousness lyrics an essential component of the band's sound.

The album will be released on March 16th on Transduction Records on vinyl, CD and all digital streaming formats. Pre-order details available soon.

The band will launch the album at The Pepper Canister Church in Dublin as part of the St. Patrick's Festival, also on March 16th with a full orchestra performance. Tickets are available are €13.50 and available to book online.

Lockout is a grand departure for the The Spook, adding epic volume and scale to the band’s unique sound and a sharper, more political voice. The album tells the story of the 1913 lockout, the struggle of Dublin workers against exploitative working conditions led by Jim Larkin and James Connolly’s ITGWU union.

Track Listing:

Movement I: A Debt That Must Be Paid / A Fair Wage For A Fair Day's Work / William Martin Murphy's Midnight Mass

Movement II: The Trams Are Stopped / From A Window At Liberty Hall / Ringsend Riot / Larkin in Disguise / The Batons

Movement III: Church Street Collapse / James Nolan Laid To Rest / The Asquith Inquiry / A Rose With The Loaf / The Hare And The Fraternity

Check out what Terrascope Magazine had to say about their 2LP set "The Carnage Queen":

"Peddling a lysergic brand of americana, this double album re-defines the word sprawling, a long strange trip that takes you places you have never been before...this collection rises easily above its influences to stand proudly as a future classic"

Founding members Ben Hanna and Bill Emerson are joined by longtime drummer Jack Petracek and guest guitarist Tim Garrigan (late of stress-metal pioneers Dazzling Killmen), leveraging a sound that approximates a sideways take on Neil Young & Crazy Horse by way of Silkworm, or Wilco meets Shellac, maybe Mark Kozelek via Lungfish. They drive it hard; even the acoustic tracks feel like more fingernail lifters than fingerpickers. No bass player means no tether, so these guys get pretty far out there on the longer tracks...everyone looking for a new record with some teeth embedded in it and some clawmarks on the outside, line up here...Recommended

Glimmermen release a new video and download from their Breakin' Out album today. Titled "All I Lack", the song delves through a history of self-doubt, change and ultimately fighting back; check out the intense video by Trevor Murphy which captures the raw energy of the band and fuses an inventive use of colour, motion and light.